tilinte

Portuguese

Verb

tilinte

1. inflection of tilintar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Nahuatl tilinquí (“stretched”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈlinte/ [t̪iˈlĩn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -inte
• Syllabification: ti‧lin‧te

Adjective

tilinte m or f (masculine and feminine plural tilintes)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua) taut, stretched

   Synonym: tenso

   La cuerda está tilinte.

   The rope is taut.

Derived terms

• tilintear

 

Further reading

• “tilinte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014